The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, Tilt Tut Union of the True Sun with The Sun, and other circumstances, have now given us a posi tion which no other Evening Journal possesses. It appears from the Parliamentary i!turns, that this Union has placed us at Ow mead, and con siderably at the head, of all our Contemporaries The attainment of this position has not been effected without very great sacrifices, and still greater exertions—exertions which the whole of the Pro vincial Press has declared to be unparalleled. We shall not, however, pause here. There are other thins of importance which have never been attempted by any Newspaper, but which we propose to effect. The private business of Parliament involves property, and affects interests to a much larger extent than any of the Courts of Law ; yet there have been no systematic or periodical Reports of those pro ceedings. We intend to supply the desideratum, by furnishing accurate and daily reports of the proceed ings of every Private Committee; so that smuggling of Bills through the Legislature, often of the most important character, can no longer take place- Every individual who chooses may become ac quainted with any matter affecting himself or his property that comes before Parliament. To Law yers—to Members of Corporations—to Joint stock Companies--this information must be very desirable. Our agricultural friends will not be forgotten. At present they are dependent for prices either upon local Newspapers, which are generally published on the morning of each market day, and consequently only contain the ; prices of the preceding week ; or upon Lon: don Journals published only once a week propose to remedy this d e f ect b y g i v i n reports of every Corn-market of importance in the kingdom immediately after it takes place ; so that before any farmer goes to market, he may know the prices that have been obtained, in the shortest possible time, in his neigh bourhood. Besides the above, we propose many other im provements which must contribute greatly to the advantage of our readers ; but we have not time to advert to them. Let us be judged by our merits. Sun Office, January 1, 1838. The publication of Till SUN NawsrArint commenced this day at 50 minutes past Three o'clock. no WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1838 NEWS FROM BRAZIL. We have received the following account from our Livertiool Correspondent, which is important at the prevent moment : LIVEUPOOL, JAN. 3.—We have been at a loss to ac count here for the great decline in the price of Brazilian Stock, which took place in London yesterday, and which is stated in an Evening Paper to beattributed to unfavourable intelligence from Maranham and Pernambuco. The Paper, however, does not give any authority for the rumour. By tho arrival of the il/bion,Captain Keswick, this after noon, we have advices from Maranham to the 25th of November, that is about eighteen days later than ashen the insurrection had broken out at Bahia. When the Al bion left Maranham every thing was quiet ; there was a good demand for British goods—Cotton was rising in price —and every thing denoted quiet, and that business was in a very thriving condition. They had received no account of the insurrection at Bahia, nor had they any recent advices from Pernambuco ; but to those who are acquainted with the trade, this circumstance will not La considered as at all uncommon. To whatever other circumstance the fall, therefore, is to be attributed, there has certainly been no grounds for it at Maranham, and as the vessel has made a very quick passage, there is hardly a probability she can have been anticipated. The John Taylor, from Charleston, arrived to-day, but she has brought no papers ; and the private letters do not contain any matter of importance. Immediately preceding the great outcry raised about two years since, for the Reform of the House of Lords, the Times—then entering on a career of poli tical apostacy—had the efFrontery to tell its readers that a single article which it deigned to publish on the subject would" silence for ever the babbling demo crats." The country laughed to scorn the ignorant and insolent 'bravado. The question acquired addi tional popularity from the attempt made by a recreant journal to impugn it. Meetings were called wherever public opinion could manifest itself ; and the Lords soon found the brazen shield of the thunderer of Print ing -house-square as poor a protection as did the guar dians who, under the old pauper sys.tern, drove so flourishing a trade in parochial 1 - ,rendicancy. A simi lar result may be antici a tte mp t g a te d from t he silly now made in the quarter to abuse the public mind on the questirdn of the Ballot. In our columns of yester day re inserted an article from the Times—the first of a . series we are given to understand—purporting to prove, by a prileesa of reasoning unparalleled m the schools-..firstly, that the Ballot, if adopted, would cause the " high and indomitable spirit, pt out countrymen to dwindle and degenerate to that of a sneaking pedlar ;" secondly, that it would not secure secresy ; and thirdly, that it would not prevent bribery and corruption. Now, the very cry for tha Ballot is proof positive that the " high and indomita.; ble spirit" of the electoral body has yielded to the basal bfluence of Tory gold, or quailed before the terrors of aristocratic persecution. The Tinzcs knows right well that were the electors " indomitable," there would be no occasion for having recourse for security to a Bal lot box. But it is a farce to talk of the " indomitable spirit" of constituencies purchased at so much a head, and driven like cattle to a polling booth, there to per jure themselves, and betray their country to escape the yen geancethat would otherwise fall upon them, their friends, and their families. Let it not be supposed that we esteem less highly than the Times whatever is essentially great or good in the character of our fellow-countrymen. But we will not descend to the baseness of extolling them for a corrupt and shameless abandonment of principle —for evincing at the hustings a profligate disregard of every moral and divine obligation. We would he un --..otthy of the trust reposed in us (ELI, we seek, viltl-a, the Times, to confound the effrontery of impniteot venality with that ".7ral courage which is equally proof against the blandishments and the terrors of aristo cratic, irresponsible power. Turning to the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed in 1835, to consi der the most effectual means of " preventing bribery, corruption, and intimidation, in the election of Mem bers to serve in Parliament," w,.: find the following evidence of what the recreant Times pompously calls the " high and indomitable spirit" in so much danger of degenerating to that of a " sneaking pedlar" by the adoption of a system of secret voting :--- Evidence of Mr. JOHN JAMES, of Hereford, before the Committee, with respect to the purity of the con stituency of that borough : " His bribery increased in Hereford since the passing of the Reform Bill ?—I believe bribery to have prevailed at Hereford since the passing of the Reform Bill to a much more consider able extent than before. " Has the bribery you speak of been direct or indirect, or both ?—Direct and indirect, both. " Do Sou mean that money has been paid previous to the elect ion ?—Certainly. " Have you seen the bribery oath refused by those to whom it has been tendered ?—Never; I believe the man who takes the money will always take the oath. " Does the fear of the loss of their licences act upon pub licans?-1 have no doubt it does; I have known an instance where a man in Hereford supported the Corporation, and who stated to see that the only reason he voted against us was, that he was promised a licence for his house. " Do the gentlemen in the neighbourhood of the city of Hereford interfere much ?—They do very much. " By threats to tradesmen of the loss of custom?—Yes." Mr. CHARLES COWELL, of Ipswich, examined re specting the " high and indomitable spirit" which pre vails in that borough : " What was the price paid for a vote-to those who received the bribe ?—I should suppose from 11. up to 50/. " Does bribery exist among the better class of shopkeepers, as well as the lower order of shopkeepers?—No, I do not think bribery exists, but intimidation does. " Now, with reference to the exercise of intimidation, I think you stated that although the better class of shopkeepers were not much attacked in the way of bribes, yet that consider able intimidation was exercised aver them?—Yes, considerable intimidation has been exercised ; I know several of the most respectable shopkeepers who would not vote at all at the last election, fearing to prejudice themselves with their customers. " Does not a belief exist in the minds of tradesmen, that if they vote in any particular manner, their conduct in voting is likely to be visited upon ihcm with the withdrawal of custom ? —Yes, when I wont round canvassing I was told this repeat edly,—' We were injured last time in consequence of voting for Mr. Morrison and Mr. Wason, and they have not protected us by the ballot, and we do not think we are called on to make the same sacrifice again for them ;' that was the fre quent reply that was made to me when I was canvassing. " Do you know whether the persons who gave that answer to you, voted at all at the last election, and whom they voted for ?—Several of them did not vote at all. " In the course of your canvass, did you find voters who told you, ' We are willing to vote for you, if a case of neces sity arises, or we are sent for ; but we would rather not be called upon to vote, unless it is a case of necessity ?'---.Msny. " In point of fact, did you call upon voters who made that answer to you, to come up and vote on the second day ?—I did, and was, at the time the poll closed, with two very respec table tradesmen in Ipswich, who placed themselves in my hands in this way. One of them sent a message to me about nine or ten o'clock in the morning of the second day, request.. ing to see me ; I called, and he told me it would be very un pleasant for him and his friends to be called upon to rote ; they wished not to vote ; but if at any time I could come to them and say we had reason to believe their votes would turn the election, they would not hesitate to come up and poll ; they said, we will leave it to you altogether, as a point of honour, but do not call upon us unless our votes are essential to carry the election ; if they are we will come, but do not place us in the situation of offending our friends, if we merely swell the minority ; and in consequence I waited with the gentlemen till the poll closed, and did not ask them to go and -rote. Several more tradesmen acted on the same principle, and did net vote. " Is there' ny feeling in favour of the Ballot gaining ground at Ipswich?—The events at the last election I would say have materially strengthened the feeling in favour of the Ballot ; for instance, many of my own particular friends, who were heretofore strongly opposed to the Ballot, have now declared themselves converts to the Ballot. " Do you conceive the Ballot would be a preventive of bribery at Ipswich ?—Yes, my sentiments are very strong upon the subject ; I consider the Ballot is the only security for the independence of the suffrages." Mr. T. EDWARDS' and Mr. J. R. STAFF, of Norwich's, account of the " indomitable" virtue of the Norwich electors : " Did you lose two Members of Parliament for not bribing them ?—We did. " Did your opponents bribe them ?—Yes, they did. " Have you any evidence of that ?—There is the evidence of " Could that bribery be traced to the candidates so as to affect their seats ?—No, it could not. " Is it within your knowledge that by the adherents and partisans bribery was carried on on the other side 7—To an enormous extent ; I am certain, from my knowledge of the constituency, that unless they had had a very strong influence indeed, they would never have done it. M. HARMAN VISGER, of Bristol's, evidence of the independence of the electors in that city : " Did it appear that after polling they received any money or any order for drink?—At the bribery box. " At the bribery box, in the way you described yesterday ? Yes ; also what was called Blue beef at Chri,tmas, which I believe was a cunning way of avoiding the name of polling money. " There was also a distribution of beef at Christmas, was there ?—There was. " To the members of the Operative Society ?—Yes, and to all who voted. " It was distributed under the name of charity ?—lt was distributed very ostentatiously, under the name of Blue beef. I saw sonic splendid oxen, decorated with blue ribbons, driven about the city about Christmas, and which were understood to he the oxen which were to be given to the voters on the Blue interest : this was Christmas 1832. Ido not know whether I should remark here, that there was another distribution of beef subsequent to the late election, ostentatiously advertised, which I will read. This is the Tory paper—the organ of the Tory party—Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, 21st March, 1835 :--` A subscription, amounting to about 800/., has been raised in this city for the purpose of enabling the Conservative operatives to celebrate the triumph of their principles at the last election ; it will be distributed among them in the course of a few days in bread and beef, that mode being coaside red preferable to a public entertainment, in which the wives and children of tile voters would not have participated : the men will receive about 14lbs. of prime beef, and three quartern loaves.' I saw cart-loads of bread, and in one or two places crowds waiting about to receive this. There is no doubt what ever that they did thus received this which was promised, and the value is as near as possible the 7s. 6d. polling-money. Mr. JAMES HUDSON of Leicester's testimony of the public virtue of that constituency : " Will you describe the manner in which that system works, in the first place with regard to bribery ?—Simply in this way, that those who have the best purse are sure to be returned ; politics are comparatively immaterial. " In what shape was the bribe administered ?—ln a variety of ways ; the general rule is to give a district ticket at the commencement ; the town is divided into districts. " Are those districts each under the superintendence of a Curnalittee ?—Yes, or rather of an agent_ ; two agents are appointed connected with the general Committee, to superin tend particular districts. " Are those district tickets given by those agents ?—They are given by the agents of the Committee from some of the workers of the Committee. I find a vote in districts No. Bor 2, or whatever it may be, I take it to the Committee, and I get a ticket from one of the leaders of that Committee that the man belongs to districts 2 or 8 ; the working of that ticket at the last election was this, that a district ticket for the -- 1 party gave that man free access to all the public-houses for eating and drinking the whole of the time, and I think we never had so much eating and drinking and drunkenness as we had at the last election." Of the manly patriotism of the electors of Leices ter, York, and Hull, the following account is ex tracted from Mr. PA RIC E's evidence : " What is the sum ?—ln Leicester it varies from from 1/. to '2l. ; in York the sum is notorious to election agents ; for a plumper 2/. ; and for a single vote 1/. in cash ; and in there is a direct money payment to them. " Has that been since the passing of the Reform Bill t Yes. " With that description of persons are those honorary ar rangements made ?—ln point of fact they are always made, I should say, with, or indirectly through, the principal agent for the candidate, the gentleman most in his confidence in regard to the money arrangements ; though he is not the mechanical perpetrator of the bribery, he is affected with a complete knowledge of it ; for example, in the case of Stafford, which I attended, of course I had too much good sense to pay any single person myself. Mr. Ingleby, a most respectable solici tor of Birmingham, the principal agent with me, being my senior, we both of us detested the system, but certainly we we were all cognizant of the arrangements made, and I should say we were so far implicated, that though we did not know exactly how it was paid, or by whom the money was drawn from our resources for doing it, we had a knowledge, there- . _ fore, though participation in the offence could not be traced home to us. " Who were the mechanical agents?ln the Ea2e of Staf ford I can state now how it was acne t we took a very respec table innkeeper of bonden, who was in our confidenctt:, who lived at mootner inn, and through vt,h-- all the I,o c n ote% managed passed, and it wamanaged*"." riroes from „.cn certain p another confident ;• .. 1 4 stranger Who would take the money and dole it writ to flit ilasters. The money I frequently saw paid to the Toasters. That individual was sent out of the way, the Lon don innkeeper I mean, pending the chance of a petition ; in deed I have known in my own personal knowledge and prac tice, several individuals sent to France ; I have known a clergyman in a Cornish borough sent to France ; and out of :he way many weeks." In addition to the evidence here quoted, the lie port clearly proves, on the testimony of a number o 1 highly respectable witnesses, that briber; and intimida• tion to an extent fatal to the freedom of election, pre. veiled in 1834-5, not only in Hereford, Ipswich, Nor wich, Bristol, Leicester, Hull, Warwick, Stafford, Harwich, Cambridge, Denbigh, Ripon, Halifax, Exe ter, Coventry, but likewise in the counties of Cheshire, Essex, Devonshire, Warwickshire, and Denbighshire. Now since that time the evil has gone on increasing. Bribery and c orruption have prevailed to a greater extent during the last election than they ever did be fore. To boast about the " high spirit" of an elector who is ready to sell his vote for seven shilling's worth of " Blue beef," or as much beer as he can s will for a week, is worthy of the moral principles of the Times — o f the recent " brickbat and bludgeon" organ of the flatnc-to-the-rooftree democrats of Bristol. But in the very article in which the Times attempts to prove the Ballot unnecessary, it is a curious fact that the main argument against it is based on an in stance of the extent of bribery in a parish bordering on the metropolis, where the election to a certain lec tureship is made by Ballot ; thus demonstrating the untruth of all that is before said about the " high and indomitable" virtue of the electoral body. With cha racteristic consistency our Contemporary adds : " There is no label or ball that would not admit of some private mark or scratch which the candidate might previously stipulate for as the evidence of the voter's fidelity to his promise." What a fine compli ment this to the high independence of English gentle men ! What a conclusive argument against the effect the Ballot would have upon the moral sentiments of the nation But we cannot allow such a libel upon the charac ter of English gentlemen to pass u ncontradicted. They might bribe and bully, but they never would descend to the petty sneaking villanies of which the Times supposes them capable. They would not play the eaves-dropper, nor speculate upon scratched balls, were the Premiership of England the reward of such base ness. The very idea must have first suggested itself to some involuntary treadmill peripatetic. That no plan can be devised by which Election by Ballot can be conducted with the most perfect secrecy is mere fudge. If the proof of secrecy were to deter mine the question we could ourselves settle it to the satisfaction of a Parliamentary Committee in less than an hour. But it is because the Tories know that the Ballot can be so devised as to combine the most per fect secrecy with the greatest order and harmony in the conducting of elections that they are in a transport of fury at the prospect of its adoption. They would fain persuade their countrymen that secret voting is un-English, and in the next breath they assert that there can be no such thing as the exercise of a secret suffrage ! But they never tell them that bribery is un-English--that yielding to the intimidation of landlords and employers is un-English—that to com mit perjury, and as far as is possible betray the liberty of our country for seven shillings worth of " Blue Beef," or a week's indulgence in the drunken revelries of a beer-shop is un-English. The Tories never tell the poor man than in the Aristocratic clubs—in the India House—in the Bank—the elec tions are all by Ballot. They would persuade the poor elector that by braving the vengeance which a Peer dreads to incur by an open vote, they earn for themselves a crown of martyrdom of which it would be an invasion of their rights to deprive them. But the intelligent working classes will not be made the dupes of such cruel and insulting sophisms. They must be protected in the exercise of their just rights as well as the aristocracy ; and for the poor but honest eke or the Ballot is the only secure and efficient safeguard. Lt triull There is one most important point in the Canada question which those most opposed to coercion have hitherto kept out of view. About the expense of the war—the danger from collision with other states—and the ‘. heavy blow" which it would give to Reform at home, there can be little doubt ; but there is still less doubt that if justice demands these sacrifices, the nation must be prepared to make them. An honest man prefers justice to every consideration, and a nation that fails to act on the same prin ciple must expect the contempt and disgrace which a private individual is certain to meet with when, From selfish considerations, he deserts those he is bound to protect. If this country yield to the Ca nadians—if those of French origin, hitherto hostile tc British settlers, are to obtain their full demands—the whole of Upper Canada, and the 100,000 British settlers in the Lower province, will be left at the mercy of a party who have heretofore stood aloof From them with Jewish pertinacity. They can lay into Upper imposts they please on goods imported Upper Canada—they can take from British settlers lands which are held by as good :enures as most of the large estates in England, and they will in all probability continue to prevent British subjects from settling in a country which was c onquered from France by British arils. Thousands of the class composing the " Working Men's Association" have settled in the Upper Province ; they emigrated thither on the faith that their rights were to be protected by England ; and England cannot, in honour or jus :ice, leave them till she places them on a per fect equality with their French neighbours. No working man with a particle of common sense would give his sanction to measures which would lead to such a result. There is, however, another consideration , The horrors of war justly make every one reluctant to decide the conts,iLby arms ; but if we retire from the affray—if we wirrdraw our troops to save us expense and annoyance—will not the horrors of the civil war be increased? The two parties will struggle for the mas tery till America steps in to decide between thein, and England will be in the envious position of the selfish coward, who provokes a quarrel, and co olly stands by, while one of the combatants subdues or murders the other. We are taking it for granted that the British settlers demand the assistance o f this country, for everything depends on them. If they join the Canadians, then the question will be altered, and it will be vain to attempt to hold Canada by mili tary subjugation ; but if they are resolved t o their connection , the only alternative , and the leas evil, is determined interference on the part of Grea Britain. Hu maintain The French Papers of Tuesday have all be en re ceived. They contain the usual complement of Roya' New Year's Day addresses. The following are ex tracts from them : The Echo du Nord Lille of the 21st December s a y s " In the night of the 28 th , severa l Courieri, despatched by the Minister of War, arrived at the head-quarters of the First Military, and orders were immediately transmitted to reca ll the men absent on furlough, and to form battal i o ns and squadrons in the was establishment." It was announced yesterday that a division of h eavy cava l r y was going to be assembled in the environs of Life, as well as several batteries of Artillery. We have gone to the ori g in of these reports, and the following is the (nearly official) informa tion which we have obtained " Three thousand cavalry will arrive in this division, twelve We see by a report which is con tained in the Here ford Times, that the in habitants of Presteign, in \South Wales, gave a publi c dinner to Mr. PARSONS on Thursday last, at which a handsome piece of p l ate ' was presented to him , for his s p irited and patritic defence of the cause of some ofd from the poortheir humble te - Radnorshire cottagers, who had been e j ecte nements on the Crown lands in that county, under pe culiarly hard circumstances. Mr. PARSONS richly deserves this public compliment, for having made the cause of the Welsh cottagers his own, and carried nhantly against all obstacles. At the moment at which we write (half -past three o'clock), one of the largest public meetings we have beheld for a long time, is being held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the subject of thee}th war in Canada. Mr. HUME is in the Chair, and roceedings have gr eatest order, and hitherto been conducted with the in a s pirit of moderation highly creditable to the Re formers of the metropolis. rt.; DAY.) CITY, TWELVE d'et ock. The news received this morning from Halifax and New Ertilltnv ddresses kic Is of a very cheerful na ture. The paper: are filled with loyal a tram the effr:ers commanding the troops, as well as from the inhabitants, to aid in putting clown the rebellion in C.tnada. lialifax Telegraph OffiCe, Monday Mottling, Dee. Is. "As the public mectin3 held on Friday last has excited ranch intercat, we lay a faithful repart of the proCeeding§ befdre our readers. Many fears were entertained lest injudic.ous conduct on the otscasion might cau se unpd. asant division; but the reverse was experienCed. Th meeting was wisely conducted, and all seemed delighted that they could meet on common ground, and express a universal sentiment in al luding to political questions. "The Telegraph invariably held cut the view, that those who are cared Nova Scotia Reformers are sincerely and affectionately attachA to Great Britain and her institutions. The meeting corroborated all this. There was no comprothise of principle, while loyalty and attach. ment were fully and fervently expressed." Tha mail which arrived yesterday brought nothing new, and only a Quebec paper of the 4 th had Leen r, ceived there. The Halifax ;Evers of the 10th of December sate that his Excellency the Lieutenant_ vernor received a dispatch from Lord Glenelg by the last packet, stating that it was extremely desirable that the separation of the existing Coun• cit into two bodies should take place without delay. His Excellency com municated the dispatch to her Majesty's Council yesterday, and his Excel lency, in the Queen's name, declared that Board dissolved. A PrOelarlaa lion in Wednesday's Gazette calls the Legislature together on the 25th of January for the dispatch of business. The meeting at Mason Hall on Friday was every way gratifying, and it was truly a legal one. The Gazette of Wednesday announces the disolution of her Majesty's Council. Two Councils" we understand are to be formed—an Executive and Legislative—the former to be composed of ten or eleven members, the latter of seven, to be selected from differ ent parts of the Province. We hope results will follow fromthat head the change b e neficial to Nova Scotia, but we are not very sanguine on The inhabitants of Annapolis, in expectation that the troops from Halifax would not find a steamer at Windsor to convey them to St. John's, New Brunswick, prepared forty sleighs to meet the so! iers, twenty miles from Annapolis. We have received a New Brunswick paper of the 9th of December, from which we copy the following : er of the 15th " Newfoundland. —We have been favoured with a pap of November. Several subjects still agitate the country. The Legis lature continue in Session—a delegation to London has been resolved upon." THE FUNDS. Consols closed yesterday at 921 1 for the Account, and Oltened this morning heavy at 921, owing to reports of an armament present 921 ; Exchequer Bing, Old., 47 to 49 ; New Ditto, at 2d. per day, 48 prem.; Bank Stock 2051. In the Foreign Market S p anish Active cloci at 191 20, opened at 191 1 ; Portuguese closed at t 291, opened at the same ; Three per Cents. closed at 191 1, opened at the same; Brazilian closed at 711 7'2, and opened at the same; Mexican 26/ ; Dutch Two_and-a-Half per Cents. 521 4 cx dividend. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. ...... ..... 205,1.1,11a Stcek... ........................ 3 per Cert. a.ei . ........... . 91 1 4% Ditto Bonds ...... . ........ ... 0 11 . 3 per C.A. Cons, -- South Sea Sus k ........ . ....... 316 per Cent............ 99Tf, Old _knnnities . ........ .....,..... I),tto Red ')B%%s New Ditto ............... ~ ......... New 31( 4 per Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751.., News per Cent... .. Bank Long Arinuitiestoexpire Ditto ........... ...sfr ......... 48 51 pin. Jan. 5, IMO ..................... 14; Ditto Small Oct. 10 1859 .................. 14 11-16 ' Ditto Commercial,. ....... -- pas. —Pm Jan. 5, !WO ..................... -- Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 184 1 ' - Apri N ISM . - 'Dill% Stock for Account -- Jan.l , 5, 1870 — Consols for Acconn t ......... 9-2741,4 i 4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Tins DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds .. 100,4 Ditto Account .............. Ditto Account — Portuguese 80nd5......... ..... Brazilian Bonds ......... Ditto Account '7l %IA IA Ditto New 130nd5.... ........ Buenos ,N.yres Bonds - Ditto Account Ditto Acc0unt.................. Dlto, 3 per cent.... .... , Chillian Bonds — Prussian ii‘mds Ditto Account . Russian Bensis, 1822 ...... C ilumbian Bonds Ditto Account ..... ............. Ditto ;Metallic Cslumbian Bonds, 1624... '24% 4 1 4 Spanisk Bonds Ditto Account .,.. 24 1 4 Ditto Account .................. Dsnish Bonds .............. ..... . 72% Ditto Bonds, 1R.31, ............... Ditto Account ........ Greek Bonds — French, 5 per wit. ......... —, Ditto Bonds, 169.5 — ----- 4 per cent. .......... —i --,, Account -- 3 per cent. Dittoan Bonds, 5 per cent , -- Exchange ........... —f . —' . Mexican Account Ditto Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent 101% 1 A Neapolitan........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT d. ONE O'CLOCK Pai Per Share B r i g hton Railway Company ............................. 5 43% 71 3 4 London and Southampton ( New) Rai1way....,.... 5 17y4 17 L'indon Joint Stook Bauk 7 7 9 Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company ....... 17 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, DECEMBR 3. 3 per Cent. Consols 90% Grand Canal Delis. 6 per E cent 0 . 90i itto Reduced 3c,1 7 Ditto, 4 per cent ... ....... ... D 3)4 per Cen'. Stock 9 7 34 Hibernian Bank .......••••••••••••• .... -- Ditto New, 1330 3 , <, per Cent. Debentures ... -- Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock -tallest Office Debentures ,4 p er Grand Canal Stock — cent .......... .., ....... ............ HALF-PAST ONE. We have received a Boston paper two days later of the 11th Dec., but it does not contain any news of consequence. The speculators in Brazil Stock are on the qui rive to ascertain the intelligence by the ship reported to be off Liverpool; but the express from the latter town has not yet arrived. Consols which were heavy in the morning at 911 for the Account, h to, have since improved to 92 1 4 , and for the February Account, 92 2 % d. per , wit little doing ; Exchequer Bills im p roved, 21d. 48 50 ; Dit day, 46 48 ; Bnnk Stock, 204 4 205 4. In the foreign market , s carce a bargain doing. Spanish Active, 191 's with Coupons; Passive, 4 1 1 ; Deferred; 71 4 ; Portuguese, 29i to 30 ; Three per Cents., 194 ; Dutch a-half per Ce Two-and-nts. 521 4 ; Brazils, 714 ; M exican, 264 ; Colombian, 244. Shares arc firm with very little doing. London and Brighton are 1 dis. THREE O'CLOCK. Conicls for the Account, 921. MONEY MARKET. (From the Morning Chronicle.) A most unaccountable state of things Still exists in the Brazilian Stock. All the various rumours which were circulated yesterday, in reference to the politizal position of Brazil, turned out this morning, as we felt assured would be the case, to be wholly imaginative, and the Stock, consequently, rose to 73, being an advance of four per cent, upon the lowest price yesterday; but sales, or, more correctly speaking, offers to sell—for we believe there was very little real business transacted — caused it to recede again to 70i to 71, from which it afterwards rallied partially, and at the termin ation of business was quoted at 714 to 72, making altogether a fluctuation of 6 per cent- since t he closing g. of the It mar k e t yesterday, and about 13 pe r cent. since yesterday is altogether unusually strange, for there has certainly been no arrival, direct or indirect, of a recent date ; and if there was anything of a financial nature received by the last packet, it would no doubt have transpired long before this. We rather think that it is all attributable to some nervous holders, who have taken more alarm at the recent ad vices from Bahia than they would seem to warrant, and endeavoured to force their stck upon a market which was already in a very anxious state. All the o o ther foreign securities were buoyant, and some improved a little. C A (From the Morning Herald.) Our monetary readers will recollect that. in the congressional address of the President of the United States, he recommended the interposi. tion of congress to prevent the New State Bank of Pennsylvania, that is Mr. Biddle's Bank, from issuing the bills of the Old Bank, of which it is the trustee, or rather virtual representative ; and as this extra oppo sition to the United States Bank has created some feeling here, we deem that the following return of the actual position of the United States Bank on the Ist of Dec 1837, will be acceptable : The stock of specie in the vanlts of the bank, after paying out to the government 522,459 dollars, amounted to 3,349,850 dollars. The notes in circulation at the same time (exclusive of the long post notes issued during the late troubles) were as follows : Of the present United State s Bank 522,452 doll. Of the late ditto Bank This return does, therefore, not include the two millions sterling of post notes now running in favour of the Bank of England; but it proves that the Bank of the United States is not a whit too well pro vided to meet its coming engagements, while it shows the folly of the Bank extending its operations in any way that would cripple the power it has acquired in the fresh accumulation of a stock of bullion more by luck than good management. This we allude to more particularly, be. cause there is a silly rumour afloat that the Band Direction have deter mined to establish a bullion agency in Paris, with a view to bring their surplus capital into employment, and thus to conciliate a few of the quidnunc.; who would go the whole hog for a large dividend at the risk of the capital, which, if it cannot be properly and safely employed at home, had better be re urned to the proprietors, a feeling that prevails here to no inconsiderable extent. Some surprise aho has been felt that Mr. Jones Lloyd, in his new brochure upon the currency, should re commend the Bank Direction to expand t'leir circulation at the moment when there is really no good employment for capital, whilst at the same time it remains to be proved whether the post notes of the Bank of the United States will, as they fall due, be taken up, or rest upon further negotiations. There has not been much business in the British Funds to-day, and 'he Consol Market closed decidedly more heavy than it opened. ----- We regret to have to. announce the death of Mr. Samuel Smith, for rn,ny years editor of the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Though possessed of a naturally vigorous consti tution, intense application to his laborious duties had, of late, so overborne his physical powers, that his medical attendants insisted upon change of air, and a temporary cessation from mental exertion. Unhappily this step is as delayed too long. For the last month he had been staying at Canterhuiy, his native city, but without any sensible improvement. Ile never rallied, and expired, on Thursday last, of rapid consumpiion, to the great grief of his fami l y and friends. No man was more universally or deservedly esteemed.—Sunday Times.—[ With melancholy feelings we cordially join in the above tribute to the high character of a gentleman not more esteemed for his kindness of heart than Mr. Srdth was p i for his enterri n se, abiresplity, ect andwhat ster is n integrity of cond uct. every termed a straightforward Englishman—the true friend of liberty.—ED. Sun.] Dr. Corhet Hue, the late Dean of Jersey, is sup posed to have died worth 80,0001. The deanery and rectory o f St. Ilelitr's were worth 1,2001. a-year. and he derived 1,5001. per annum from his living in England. Three of his brothers also died without issue, and he shared their property. If he should have died intestate, which is reported, his large fortune will of course devolve to his brother, Dr. Hue, the j eminent physician, and lecturer on chemistry in London. THE CLERGY, ACTORS, AND LAWYERS. — When Garrick was, or. one occasion, asked by a clergyman how it happened that an audience in a theatre was so often melted into tears by the representation on the stage of matters of mere fiction, while the ministers of the gospel preached sabbath, after sabbath, truths of unquestioned reality, arid of eternal importance, without producing the slightest impression on their hearers, —when asked this question the reply of the great tragedian was, " We actors pourtray fiction as if it were truth, and you clergymen preach truth as if it were fiction." I have often thought, that if our clergy exhibited as much zeal and energy in inculcating the great truths of the gospel, as counsel at the bar do on behalf of their clients, their ministry would be attended with much happier results than it usually is. The fictions of law, and the sophistries to which counsel must have recourse, are worked up so skilfully, and are uttered with so much animation and energy of manner, that they have, as in the case of stage representations, all the appearance, and often produce in the minds of strangers, all the effect of ac tual truths.—The Bench and the Bar, by the Author of " Random Recollections." The mildness of the weather has been so great dur ing the week that many persons have dispensed with fires during the day-time.—Brighton Guardian. A. MEETIN( AT THE CROWN AND ANCIIOII.--(THIS DAY.) A meeting :;:as held this day, pursuant to advertisement, at tire Crown and Ancher Tavern, Strand, for the purpose ef petitioning Parliament o n the present unhncesappy iwar that in Caonada. The interest with w hich passing occurren Colony are viewed by the inhabitants of this metro long wa s befthe time appointed for taking the Chair. In the Music Gallery there were several ladies theut we have scarcely ever aserved so few persons of note on platform before the arrival of the Com mittee The latter were received with vehement cheering. Mr. Roebuck first mounted M. the platform, followrd by Mr. Grote, M.P., Mr. Hu t.e, Leader, M. P., Mr. Crawford, M. P., and Colonel Thomson. o They were serve greeted w ith the most tum ultuous cheering. We als obd Dr. Wade, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Bell, and several other gentlemen, who take a prominent part in public meetings. Mr. PROUT moved that Joseph Hume, Esq. take the chair. —(Great applause with some dissentients.) The question being seconded and put, was carried by an overwhelming ma jority. Mr. Herat having taken the chair, proceeded to address the meeting, but was for several minutes interrupted by hisses frona one quarter of the room, from which, however, after some struggling, the solitary author of the confusion was rem oved.— Mr H . ume ten sid, that when he had attended this morning to his hhumblea support to the proc e edings of Committee ho give was not aware that he should be requested to take the Chair, but in a good cause he was always ready to take whatever station should be allotted to him, He was well aware that agencies were at work to mar the purposes of the meeting—( Cheers) —but he trusted that he was ad dressing a body of Englishmen willing to do justice beaysca man and as he was sure that when the objsct was to interpose in behalf of a large body of their felt low-subjects, he might rely upon their support, in obtaining a patient hearing from every individual who might offer himself to their attention. — ( li e ge . For himself, he could only say, that of all the public meetings which he bad ever attended, there never was one to which he came with greater anxiety than the present, and he never rose with greater sorrow of of heart than he did now to say a few words upon a most painful subject. If any man supposed that he or those around him rejoiced in the misery of their fellow-men in Canada, he trusted that that person would not leave the ) room w ithout being convinced o f the contrary.—( Hear, hear. Of the many public subjects which had occupied his attention as a public man during the last 30 years of his life, none had ap peared to him more important than the Colonial policy of the several Governments which had ruled this country since be had been before the public—( Sir William Molesworth here entered the room, and was greeted with very loud cheering)—and those who watched his conduct in Parliament must have seen that on every occasion when the o cr c y o n f he miser came from afar and reached this land across the ea,never shrunk from denouncing the oppression in his place in Parliament, and wherever else the opportunity offered. —( Hear, hear.) It was because he had so long watched the colonial policy of the Government that he thought he was qualified to give an opinion upon the present state of affairs in that colony, which he considered to be the melancholy result o f that policy.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The Canadians were as much entitled to the enjoyment of the rights that had been given to them as the people of England were, and he was sure that no real feeling Englishmen would think otherrise.—( Cheers.) He stood there as the advocate of popular rights, and he contended that the acts of the op pressors of the Canadians had been disgraceful indeed. — (Cheers.) He did not mean to say that every Government had been cognisant of the evils that had taken place under their authority, but he would take upon himself to say, that when a province was removed three or four thousand miles from the mother -country, the Governors, or those who had to administer the laws, did so with a severity in cha racter totally unexampled for its illegality.--(Cheers.) When such things took place under their very noses in their own land, was it to be considered as a matter of surprise that ed in Cand?—Cheers.) The Government of the occurred had acted a in a a manner anything but liberal towards country Canada.—(Cheers.) What were they met for at the pre sent moment? Why, accounts had been received during the last three weeks, that some o conse quence of f their own fell the oppression o w-subjects in Canada had been obliged, in they had received, to take arms for the assertion of their rights.—(Cheers.) This was not a matter of rejoicing ; it was one to be looked to with the deepest regret.—( Cries of " Whose fault is it?") The y had met for the purpose of putting an end, if possible, to the horrors of civil war. C pore had been taken, accomp anied with great pains, by some tion of the public press, and by the agents of the Governmeat, to persuade the people of this country that the strife that was taking place in Canada was between the French Canadians and those that were English. That was not the case.-- ( Cheers.) Seventy-eight years had passed away d sinceec ome any French subject existed in Canada ; for they ha b English subjects as soon as that country became bound to the British p ossessions.—( Loud cheers.) They had heard of Papineau Canadians —it was said that those were the parties who had armed, but the Canadians of British d e scent—were all of them lo y al in the extreme—(Cheers) —it was said that they ought to be deprived of their liberties on ac count of the course they bad pursued.—( Cheers.) He trusted that Englishmen would take no notice what H eeve r and those abo him had nothing but the public weal to look to, and if they advised them in a manner that did not turn out beneficial, be trusted that would be attributed to human weakness, and not to any bad intentions on their parts. Those whom he had thought were the friends of freedom he was sorry to say now came forward joined and bound, with the enemies of Re form, against the interests of the people of Canada. They had been told that the Canadians bad no substantial ground of grievance or comp laint ; but those who said so, little thought of the authority they had for the contrary. He (Mr. Hume) had in his pocket copies of despatches from Lord Glenelg to Lord Gosferd when the Commission was sent out in 1836. Let them bear in mind that since 1820 complaints had been made to that country by the people of Lower Canada, and every year they had been growing stronger and stronger, and they would see the truth of the observations of Lord Glenelg, who observed that it was for him ( Lord Gosford) to do that justice which they were so desirous of doing, and to obtain that full information which would enable the British Govern ment so to act.—( Hear.) Ile had the satisfaction of stating to them further, that from his own knowledge these complaints were well founded ; and he held in his hand a list of petitions from the Canadians people, which would show them that there were real grounds of grievance, and real cases of oppression. He would ask them had they ever known a people ear to take Was up arms without strong grounds of complaint ?—( H.) it to be supposed that men in the possession of their peaceable and comfortable homes would turn out and brave all the rigours of a Canadian winter, and submit to all the horrors of civil war, and oppose the troops of her Majesty as well as the attacks of these oppres(ors, who now called themselves the only loyal party. He (Mr. Hume) could assure them, that those who were now anxious to carry oppression still further—who growled and grumbled at the laxity of the British Government sand , we re the :greater part of them Or an g emen I—(Groan hisses.) He spoke from authority, he had it from the master of an Orange Lodge in Upper Canada, that in that country alone there were 16,000 Orangemen embodied, and that they considered themselves the only real allies and friends o W f those he who called themselves the British party.—(Hcar.) hen had read to them the proceedings and course adopted by the Canadian people, he was sure that their commiseration would be extendsd to them for the horrors and the sufferings, and the various evils, that people were now enduring. Had they not that as the in the Gazette only the other d house and cabin was shut u p ay, a statement, troops msrched along, every —that the people went into the woods and wilds the inn the depths of winter, and great must have been oppressions that induced them to sacrifice their prodperty, their lines, arid those of their wives and children, ie efence of their bberties.—( Chcers.) He would go back for the last ten years, and in a good cause ten years was a long trial for men who had been so long deprived of their rights.—( Hear.) In 1828, a petition was forwarded to that country by the Ca nadians, complaining of the grievances under which they la boured, signed by 87,000 individuals. Another petition was sent from Quebec—even from that city which was said to be the abode of loyalty—anti that a petitimm Committee f House of Commons was appointed to enquire into the grievances com plained of. Did that Committee deny that grievances did exist ? No, they said the grievances were justly complained of, and recommended that they should be redressed. Year after year passed, but no redress was given to those who oreoly pyi eti tioned for peace arid happine ss, with the liberty njonig of Assembly tsrldni Commissionteci Canada wbeoosnehf very the fruits of their own industry.—(Loud d!cers.) The House elected by nearly universal suffrage.—(Cheers. It con elected of 88 members so chosen, anetherefore at the very least it represented seven-eigtbs of the population —it represented e e mbe mada, the great mass of the community. That Assembly drew uIY petitions after petition, remonstrance after remonstrance, ana in order to leave nothing undone, they, in February, 18341 88. but I n theyva r i abl were y there wolrt, ochaldfssei ecraiehlit sithmnswweo:ieudatajrrsto. drew up a series of 92 resolutions, embodying their grievanceS. Those resolutions were embodied in a petition which he him; self presented to the House of Commons ; it was also embodied in an address to the Crown, which was also duly presented, hot without the least shadow of redress. The governing party had 01 1 several occasions tried divisions upon certain of the Hewitt', t the i°". minority s te t hN e y l. l n ao n t i sN ' s l c. ie-t complained n co fa l o i t mlt v o f i o mn u e ou ei t n n : soss t t l foi:o,?If, then, andC t l n a ' 7 raisingc9a admittingl. — 1 u ( p C ot hi la la e tt e oh r ntei s ei . people to come forward Oa came forward to enslave 500,000 CI: ' s v o a o s ,o c o ° o l"° m sC ig fi lit of nb' orf n im n spa t vfdrto o obtat i o::o the epi: leasodlpiaalviele, same:o fa G nt lEo , :tenhen e g ) er gy lnpr r a ‘ tools for enslaving themselves. —( Loud cheers.) He be' seethed them not to look at the present cause as onl of a partial • or isolated character—it was one which ins 1 u •o ire the liberties It of every man whom he was then dd • a ressing. was adMitted on all hands that grievances existed. 'Woul" they then give support to the Government to out down th o l who were in the field fighting for their liberties , an for . the redress of those grievances which had been so lollb disgracefully left without redress. They were told that t h° dignity and honour of the Crown was to be maintained. VI way,s h however, in which these objects could best be effecte"; was by doing justice to all men.—( Hear, and great cheering (d suppor t The honour and dignity of the Crown could best be rtc by making timely reforms where abuse and disconte nt P re' !sailed. The honour and di g nity of the Crown could best bite supported by giving to the Canadians those measures wh i , t ," would confer upon them happiness and cont e nt ment, and, 1" +.Ll' . 1114 • ak i • -n-a, 'IAIIS A rrtved. Due • Arr'..vcd. - Due. lAm-s.-rtea........., 0 1 France ...... 0 i 0 Ara, : ...—....—. 0 I Guerra. &Jersey 0 0 finer.o. ',res.. 0 0 1-larncurs 0 0 cartharens.,„,.. 0 0 klolland ...... 1 1 Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 I Flanders ...... —. 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 Arrired. Due 0 Li.s)son 1 0 Maita ....... ?) O fx e e te ' ll e,( 1 ) .. .. 0 Sweden ..... I) Waterford 1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW, Ilerning 9 minutes after 9 I Evening minutes after 9, Patronized by the most distinguished Reformers. Now ready, Parts 1. to 111. at 3s. each, the small Edit ! :, a nd Is, 6d. each, the splendid large Folio Edit., with thi - A Proof Plates. SAUNDERS' PORTRAIJS AND ME k.7 MOIRS OF EMINENT 13 ‘6LITICAL REFORMERS. The Portraits by GEORGE V-tAYTER, Esq , M. A. S.L. &c. Painter of Portraits 23 , 3. - History to her Majesty Queen Victoria ; and other eminent artists. r Contenta of the First Four Parts : Rt lion. Viszount Melbourne Rt. lion. G. Byng, M.P. George rote, E'q., M.P. J. A. Roebuck, ti.q. Char'es Buller, Esq., M.P. Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. Rt. Hon. P. Thomson, M.P. Colonel Perronet Thompson Dr. Bowring J. T. Leader, E.g. Pyre, &q. M.P. Rt. Hon. Lord J. Russell, M.P. lendon : J. Saunders, Jun. 7, Dyer's Buildings, Holborn Bars. PoliO Proof* of the Plates sold at be. each, by all Printsellers. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS, TO ADVER TISERS, AND TO THE PUBLIC. SDAY, JANUARY _4, is, --------- r . . - .- -..=-L ' ..-------- " -- - ----- . . bittidion's and two flatteries of artilldry will be cant6nnild in Ale environs of Lille, Valentiennes and Mauburg, on the frontiers. These demonstrations, which are all pre cautions, are rendered nccessary by the movements of troops in Pfussia and Hanover. " T..t 13 nnouaccd tilat the army will consist of 40,000 men, to be commanded by a Prince of the Blood Royal, whose head quarters will probably be at Lille or Valenciennrs." invent of AMILN3, Dec. 30.—The squ adrons of the 2d Reg Cuirassi , 2rs in garrison here Will Set out on Tuesd , y for Lille. The depot remains at Amiens. Those cuirassiers are o form a brigade with the regime nt at Lille. Four c , m 1 of it, frutry have already set out for Arras.—Le ConAtitutionel. FRENCH FUNDS —raw., jAN. 2. Sire per ',ems.. L'Sf. IR. 14f. 9;:c. Four per Cents., li'lf. Three per Cents., 79f. f,e. 7Sf. Mc. Bank Actions, 2,512 f. 5' e. Ciente , te Naples , 9.f. se. 10e. Roman Five per Cents,, 100%. Spanish Actives, ..:o . i. Belgian Loan, Five per Cent', 102. Belgian Bank, tos , f. Portuguese L oan, Three per Cents. 19k,%. RACHAN+IR 05 LOnDuN. Ore month, paper, --f. —c. ; m oney, 251. 47t4e Tree months, paper, —r. —c. ; money, 15f. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 107 f. 90c. Three per Cents., 7Sf. S:ic. Bank Actions, 2,542 f. 5•. c. Romans, 11)014. Belgian Loan, 101. Belgian bank, 1,459 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 19,i. Spanish Actives, 90i. Spanish Differes, 3.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S Sta,—lt has truly been remarked that " apostacy is the order of the day. If we look around we shall soon perceive that there is too much truth the remark. Mr. Arben, the Chairman of Mr. Leader's Committee during the late elections, has come forward and, in a letter which has been noticed by most of the journals, at tacked that gentleman in a most unbecoming manner. It will not, perhaps, be amiss, if we inquire for one moment, who is this Mr. Arber ? At every recent election he has appeared before the electors in Covent-garden, and there, in a most uncompromising manner, attacked 'the Conservative party, at the same time holding up the Liberals to admiration. It would be pressing too much on your time and attention were I to bring before your notice any ex tracts from the numerous lengthy speeches of this gentleman. Let your readers contrast them with the sentiments he has lately ex pressed, and they will, if I rightly judge, trace a very great resem blance between him and the candidate whom in those speeches he condemns in such unqualified terms—Sir Francis Burdett. One word more, Sir, and I have done. Every one will see, if they will give themselves the trouble to observe, what are the w ishes of the Conservative Journals. The Standard of last night, and the Times of this morning, praise the conduct of Mr. Arber in such a manner as cannot fail to gratify his vanity. They plainly pe rceive that he is a vac illatin g p olitician ; andbeing an influential ma n, doubt not that he would be a gre at acquisition, if they could by caresses induce him to fight under their banners. Let Mr. Arber think he willy him write as he may—let him apostatize as has—he find too much good sense in the independent electors of Westminster to follow him in the . • . and . . . course he has adopted. I am, Sir, your's respectfully, H. P. M 83 1 3. CANADIAN WINTER SONG Br (RS. MOODIE. 'Tis merry to hear at evening time, By the blazing hearth, the sleigh-bells chime', And to know each bound of the steed brings nigher The friend for whom no have heaped the fire. Light leap our hearts, while the listening hound Springs forth to hail him with bark and bound. 'Tis he 1 and blithely the gay bells sound, As his sleigh glides over the frozen ground. Hark I he has passed the dark pine wood, And skims like a bird o'er the ice-bound flood. Now he catches the gleam from the cabin door, Which tells that his toilsome journey's o'er. Our cabin is small, and coarse. our cheer, But love has spread the banquet here ; And childhood springs to be caresssed By our well beloved and welcome guest. With a smiling brow his tale he tells, While the urchins ring the merry sleigh-bells. From the cedar swamp the gaunt wolves howl, From the hollow oak loud whoops the owl, Scared by the crash of the falling tree ; But these sounds bring terror no more to me. No longer I listen with boding fear The sleigh-bell's distant chime to hear, Martin's Colonies, Vol. 3 * The horses in the sleighs or carrioles have small bells hung on the harness, the sound of which is cheering to the animal as well as to his master. In a frosty night sound is rapidly and exteasively conveyed to an anxious and listening car, and the tinkle of the distant sleigh-bell may well be thought musical. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF fr BRITISH CORN, of the Fee the Week ended Dec . 29, Vii 37, 'made up om the Returns inspectors in the different Cities and 'fawns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. - Wheat s9s 9d. 1 O a t s Barley ratrkitral. AGRZEOITE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS TRECEDING. Wheat s3s Od. '' O ats I Barley ritYrizs ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat l3s. Bd. 1 Oats ...... ... I6s. 9d. I Beans . ........ .1 M 6+. 9d 3d Barley lss. 4d. I Rye THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 TrasFrg.) CUMBERVND. /t 5 1 11 1 0 Comae heavy Lowland Meadow Hay , ...._ ....................... A• 0 6 New Meadow Hay ••• Useful Old Ditto 4lO 415 Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grata Hay . ................... 415 5 Clover Hay 415 sle 1 16 1 IS Oat Straw El it to -C 1 16 ' Wh e at Straw SMI'l'llFl Ell). Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ....................... vow Meadow Hay Uteft,l Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay ,extra nue ••• .._: 515 . Gen erall y .. Oat Straw .......• 1 1 1:1 , • .F.l 14 , Wheat Straw WIIITECHAPEL. .i 4 5 to £1 10 ,00 A 0 . 410 4 1!) . 4 15 5 • 4 15 5 1' . .. ~£3 15 t 14 0 •• 0 0 40 4 5 , 4 1 • 4 15 , 4 10 5 15 , 1 14 1 16 Coarse Meadow Hay New Meadow Hay .. ...................... '.3seful Old Ditto Fi n e Upland Meadow and lye - g rad Hay ........ •. Clever Hay Old Straw c 1 12 to £ 1 14 1 Whe at Straw.... CITY FISH MARKET. To-day there was a good market. Fish of all descriptions was plen tiful, and trade brisk, owing to the weather. Prices rather lower than yesterday. Turbot, 4s. to :10s. for the best ; Soles, 6d. to 9.5. per pair ; Lobsters, 6d. to 2s . each : Cod, Is. and Is. 63. to is. 6d., and Bs. for large, and other kinds in proportion. HUN GERFO RD MARKET. Fish, flesh, fowl, and vegetables, were to-day in great supply at this market, and there was a brisk trade, owing to the weather being colder ; prices much as before. Turbot ss. to 18s. and 195.; Soles 6d. to Is 6d. per pair; Lobsters 9d. to Is. 6d. ; Cod Is. 6d. to ss. 6s. and Is. ; Beef 7d. to 9d ; Mutton 7d to 83. ; Veal 7d. to 9d. ; Pork (lid to Bd. ; Ve getables rather looking up in price than otherwise. DYE MARKET. Generally this department of business is dull, as far as public articles are concerned. Large sales of Indigo are earning on, and of course, no thing is doing in that commodity. Cochineal mig ht be q uoted lid. per lb. higher. TALLOW MARKET. The lait price we heard of P.Y.C. was 455. 9d. and 465. COLONIAL MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) No public sales whatever for to-day of Colonial produce. The market generally is flat for the primary commodities ; and although quotations of Sugar and Coffee cannot be altered from yesterday, yet to sell, lower prices must be taken. Arrivals, rather large fur the time of the sear, affect the market. Tea con' inues to progress at the public sale, but presents no novelty from our report of yesterday ; indeed, the character of the sale may be regarded now as decided. Rum continues very firm; and indeed stands, and has stood, distinguished for some time for its steady rise and great stability. Cotton is very slack Spices—Pepper and Pimento are the chief kinds in request; and look as if they would be higher. Rice and Cocoa remain stationary. Fine Crushed Sugar fetches 395. on board; and the last quotation of Dutch crushed was 355. We have not much business advertised for to-morrow ; the chief commodities are Bengal Sugar and Ricc, the quantities of which are rather heavy. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 3. The want of animation noticed in our Report of yesterday's Cotton Market was not in the least diminished this day, and consequently there were only a few sales effected. No further reduction in the rates has occurred, and about 2,000 bags form the total of the transactions :-50 Ceara, at 91d. ; 60 Bahia, at 81d. to Sid. ; 100 Maranharn, at 9id• to 91d.; 1,790 American, at 711 to Old. JOHN BARLEYCORN IN A DECLINE.—Tec-tota him is becoming so prevalent that the consumption of malt is diminished to an extent that already touches the markets, and which, if further practised, will seriously affect the price of barley. Some ill-natured people say that this will " serve the farmers only right ;" it being notorious that no other class of society have such mean ale as the farmers ; and such is their want of consistency, scarcely a farmer will be satisfied with the best of ale, as a token of hospitality, but will consider it an affront not to have wino and spirits offered, when common sense ought to tell them that the patrons of wine and spirits are not their friends, but the reverse.—Lincoln Gazette. [9 7 4 3 4 1.9%% M 1